Definition of plant

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Plant (n.) The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad..

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Narthex :: Narthex (n.) A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel..
Series :: Series (n.) Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups.
Orchid :: Orchid (n.) Any plant of the order Orchidaceae. See Orchidaceous.
Fix :: Fix (v. t.) To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite..
Fireweed :: Fireweed (n.) An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned..
Liverwort :: Liverwort (n.) A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups.
Stem :: Stem (n.) The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top..
Submersion :: Submersed (a.) Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants..
Opopanax :: Opopanax (n.) The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow color, with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic..
Hydrangea :: Hydrangea (n.) A genus of shrubby plants bearing opposite leaves and large heads of showy flowers, white, or of various colors. H. hortensis, the common garden species, is a native of China or Japan..
Lady''s Hair :: Lady's hair () A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking grass.
Gumbo :: Gumbo (n.) The okra plant or its pods.
Succussation :: Succus (n.) The expressed juice of a plant, for medicinal use..
Dock :: Dock (n.) A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination..
Linum :: Linum (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax (Linum usitatissimum).
Turmeric :: Turmeric (n.) An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the Ginger family..
Woad :: Woad (n.) An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves.
Gladiole :: Gladiole (n.) A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also corn flag..
Zamia :: Zamia (n.) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile..
Pita :: Pita (n.) The plant which yields the fiber.
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